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Canon A60 + cheap tripod + Canon PhotoStich software. Its not that hard really, just take a picture every 15 degrees or so and the software does the rest.

The wire from knukoncepts is a very high strandcount, the highest I have ever seen in a 12g wire.

I like that twisted blue + copper. Pretty!

1madman1: Where did you get that heatshrink tubing from?? Looks good. I have used the stuff from RS, but you have to put so much heat on it iy scorches the wire.

Is the RS stuff shiny? I always go to an electronics store and look for the dull stuff that looks and feels more like rubber than vinyl. It shrinks more evenly in less time and with less heat.

I bought it from Main Electronics in Vancouver. It was $5.60 CDN for 36". Lee's Electronics just down the street from them is also a great source of cheap A/V-related cables and parts.

I also use KnuKonceptz. Love 'em. Where'd you get that shrink tube?

When I recently ordered my new Axiom QS-4's, (I already had the M80T1's for the main) I decided to go with Axiom's 12ga. wire, because of the distance. And then I thought, why not replace all of my old 16ga. wire at the same time, so I ordered 100feet of it. I sure am glad I did! Even though it was a whole .85 cents a foot, it was more than worth it. I had seen at the www.audioreview.com site that some users of 12ga. wire had second thoughts about it, but now that I have all my speakers re-wired with the larger gauge, I have really noticed a difference. My M80ti's sound deeper and fuller in the bass range, while the mid-range sounds slightly more open and the Axiom mid-range has always impressed me (male vocals,which can sometimes sound too nasal are more natural on the Axioms), while female vocals sound a little less harsh and brittle. I love the rubber coating; nice and flexible. Maybe I could have found the 12ga. wire cheaper somewhere else, but what is money, anyway---just a bunch of paper, so spend it before it burns up LOL.